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THE MARLBOROUGH CLUB COMPANY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this Club will be opened for the reception of its Members on FRIDAY, the 12th day of aikvist. S. O. RATTENBURY, Hon. Secretary. d- Reg,i s tered Office of the Company , 6, John-street, Bedfor rmv, NV.O ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. Last Night but Two. Extra Night. THIS EVENING (THURSDAY), July 2S, will be produced (for the third time', Meyerbeer's grand historical opera, in three act ~ L'ETOILE DU NORD, with entirely new sce nery, costumes, and appointments. Catterina, Madame Miola.-Carvalho, her third appearance in that character, and her third appearance this season ; rrasco Mdlle. Maria Bronetti, her third appearance at the Royal Italian Opera ; INat,tha,, Madame Rudersdorff ; Echimona, Mdlle. Jenny Bane:, her third appearance this seas,n ; Danilowitz, Signor earance in that charact er ; Giorgio, Nandi, his th ird a p p Signor Teri-Basalcli ; Gritzenko, Signor Ciampi, his third appe irauce that character ; Colonel Ye, moloff, Signor Tag li a fico ; Gene General Tchererfletieff, Si; or Plo onini ; Rain oido, signor Capiaoni ; 'mallet Signor Lucchesi; ITlficiale Primo, Signor /altar ; Utticiale secondo, Signor Rossi ; and Pietro. M. ttaure, his third appearance in that character in Y.lng-land. Conductor, Mr. Costa. The scenery by Mr. W. Beverley. The machinery by Mr. Sloman. ihe appointments by Mr. Brunton. file to Slob by Mrs. James, 3I dame Vailet, Mr. Coombes, and M. Ilennier. The dances by M. Desplaces. T he Mis-en-Scene I>y Mr. A. Harris. Commence at half-past S o'clock. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre bta,is, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ,• amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. 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AT LONDON BRIDGE. riTIS DA 4 .—Morning, Oh. 22m.--Afternoon, 9h. 58m ro..ytatutoW.-Morning, 10h. 35m.—Afternoon, Ilh. kri 44116 LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1864 " Can't you leave it alone ?"—LordAIELnouRNE's delightful motto—has been charmingly adopted, and (so far as he could in any way accomplish it, in spite of some among his over-zealous colleagues) acted upon, by Lord PALMERSTON. Bat for Earl RUSSELL, as Foreign Secretary, who would on no account " leave it alone "—but for Mr. ROBERT LowE's department, of which the very same might be said, in reference, namely, to its perverse revision of the Inspectors' Reports—but for AIr.W.OOWPER'S persistence in nog leaving it alone in regard to ,ne eit-rejected preference of the Royal Academy inte rests over the National Gallery interests, r,p on that present site of the two, the so called fi4C6t site in these and f or one or t wo o th er Europe—but for vexatious eTidencts of o ver activity 'At thepart of one Mi n ister or another, both in the. Cabinet end out of it—the a dministration of Lord PALMERSTON would have gone on quite swimmingly and smoothly, never once blundering into rough water, from the ning to the end of the session. Spoken or n ot spoken —all that Lord PALMERSTON has had to do in o r d er to abate the now rash impetuosity of some among his colleague s , has manifestly hcen to remonstrate with them, after that delightfully free and easy man ner of Lord MELBOURNE, with a " Can't you leave it alone ?" If only Lord RUSSELL Could have been induced to'- leave it %iota I' Well—in that case-- Ministers need never have had to bear the brunt of the one Great Debate of this expiring session—they need never have " come to the scratch" of that for midable and, at one time for them, really alarming division--a division that resulted, it still seems, to many, by little else than a fluke of good luck, in a clear majority of Eighteen in an immense House. If only Mr. LOWE and his brethren of the Educational Board coald have been induced to leave it alone when the inspector's reports were brought up for their examination—not for their revision, observe, but simply for their examination—Lord ROBERT CECIL would have lost his happiest opportunity for so worrying that little cluster among our Adminiss trators as to constrain Mr. LOWE himself, in a sort of a tiff of virtuous indignation, to give in his re signation ! If, again, the Minister for " Parks and Palaces" once upon a time, in our more sylvan days, of "Woods and Forests"—if he, too, could have been persuaded to leave it alone quietly in reference to that, again and again, rejected Court notion of handing over the National Gallery in ;toto to the Royal Academy, relegating the na tional collection of pictures and sculpture to a bran new site at the back of Burlington House (as so much nearer to those dear, detestable Bromp ton Boilers in the south-eastern corner of South Kensington)—Ministers then, again, in regard to that little matter, would have escaped another of their recent vexations. No : there is not a doubt about it—the plan of plans for holding office com fortably during an indefinite period, is to "leave it alone"—that is, of course, not office, but what have hitherto and quite erroneously been supposed to be the duty or prerogative of the holders of office. Lord PALMERSTON has found it answer, whenever he has been allowed to try it, since the formation of this his second and longest Government. Look at the very question of Parliamentary Reform, for the effectual carrying out of which that Govern• went was actually called into existence. He has left it alone, And his so leaving it alone has suc ceeded to admiration. Parliamentary Reform is now nowhere at all as a " vexed question." Mr. BRIGHT has long ago given over that systematic agitation of it, in great Speeches at monster meet- legs, that agitation by him of the Great Question of Parliamentary Reform, by which week after week, month after month, several years ago, he was wont to "'fright the isle from its propriety!' Pas de :tile was the axiom of TALLEYRAND. It is vir tually that also of PALMERSTON. The Veteran Premier can't endure the overzealous. And he has so far infected his most energetic colleague, the hitherto most conspicuous and most energetic among all his colleagues as a Reformer—meaning, of course, Earl RUSSELL—by urging the latter at last to his memorable utterance (an utterance indicative of his resignation—as a Reformer, not as a Minis ter :)—his ever-memorable utterance of those four now notorious words "Rest and be thankful!'' The great mysterious problem of problems at the Cir cumlocution Office, has long since been solved, to the entire satisfaction of the whole race of Barnacles, that arch-problem seemingly of all Administration under their auspices—How Not To Do It. The most popular author of our age, the most delightful genius of our time, has celebrated the peculiarities of this profound system of Government in one of his later masterpieces. How Not To Do It has, happily for the whole race of Barnacles, if for no one else, long since been discovered. It is the province, it is the recognised privilege, it is the pre-ordained prerogative it is, so to speak, the metier, the forte, the one purpose in life of Lord PALMERSTON to apply it ! Or, at any rate, to see—if Ministers can't leave it alone altogether, that, at the very least, they should do so as much as possible. Lord ELLENBOROUGH'S speech, the other evens ing, was an admirable vindication of the rights of nations, and it was also an exposure of the very fallacious course pursued by our Government. The Danish question has now become a very painful topic, most distasteful to those whose shortcom ings have been so manifest, and distressing to those who witness with horror and regret the diminution of their country's influence and the decadence of her high and honourable spirit in the part she has been compelled to play, Lord ELLENBOROUGH is a well known debater of great fluency, and an orator of considerable powers, but even he had a hard task to invest the details of this hackneyed question with life and vigour, and to infuse into his discourse a vivid energy, and a spirit worthy alike of the speaker and his subject. He succeeded to admiration ; and it is a source of satisfaction that at the eleventh hour of the ses sion we have heard this brilliant and effective dis quisition on foreign affairs uttered by one who is not only a skilled politician and an effective orator, but a man who is thoroughly embued with the true old English spirit of fair play and the love of independence. Perhaps the conduct of our Government has never appeared worse, and been more conspicuously shown forth than in this ora tion. There was not the hurry and excitement of a debate of great moment, nor the keen watch fulness as to the issue of a close division, to spoil the effect or interfere with the attention of those who heard, and those who read the speeches, and therefore the remarks of Lord ELLENBOROITGEC became all the more telling, and they will remain impressed upon the memory as among the last utterances of the session that are worthy of notice. In a masterly manner did the noble lord expose the fallacies which have marked the arguments of those who have been guidieg affairs during this srisis in the af f airs of Europe. He mentioned the absurdity of the excuse given for the nonfnlfiiment of the conditions of the Treaty of 1852 under t h e plea of a change of circumstances, This reason cannot hold good, and the excuse made as to the right of a people to choose its evi".l rulers, Lord ELLENBOROUGH forcibly denour,eed as quite un tenable and preposterous. T . ' ne aspect of things at present in Denmark and ; ler Duchies is quite dif ferent to the state of affairs at the time when the Duke of WELLING'I'ON recognised the right of the French people to choose their own Sovereign. The French people are sure to impress their character upon their Government, but it is very different with a State like 1 -r eo'stein. Truly did Lord ELLEN. BOROUGH say V i nt it is impossible for their wishes to be accorr'..ed without disturbing the balance of power in all parts of Europe, We have as yet but a gliremering of the fact, but before very long there will be ample proofs of the folly and perversity which have marked the course pursued by our Go vernment ; and it is not likely that the present gene ration will see the termination of the evil brought about re by many conflicting causes. There is the greed of Prussia, the arrogance o f A ustr i a, and the e d mistaken policyof Denmark in givi ng up too readily atflrsttoth e demands of the invaders. The chief cause of all this misery is, however, the unworthy attitude assumed by England from the outset. Lord ELLENBOROUGH, in his analysis of events, forcibly dilated upon the extraordinary nature of the con duct of the German Powers, and stated it to be his conviction that at the commencement of the contest they had entertained no idea of proceeding to such extremities as have lately distinguished their course, but Were induced to go on and increase in arrogance in consequence of our tame and dispirited demean our. Also the strictures passed on the attitude of our Cabinet at the Conference are moat striking, THE SUN, } ` LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1864, The noble lord, in his graphic style, declared that " diplomacy is armed reason," and went to explain that if not the Ministers of the weaker States would have as much influence as those of the great Powers of Europe. Thus, when a negotiator sets out by asserting that whether his propositions are entertained or not he will not enforce them he loses his power altogether. The strength of Powers in a Conference is the strength they leave behind them ; and if they declare they will never use that strength, they might as well have none." This fully exposes the errors of the mode employed by the English Ministers at the Conference, also their predetermined notions of a do-nothing-policy, and their evident desire to fail in their aps parent attempts to make Prussia and Austria come to something like terms which reason and rumour did not denounce. Lord ELLENBOROUGLI'S con. eluding remarks deserve to be studied as a master piece of European policy, described by an able and astute judge. He showed how dangerous a tone has been infused into the political bearings of Euro pean affairs. How that this destruction of Denmark has been sanctioned and even encouraged by the other Powers, what will prevent other large States from preying on smaller ones, and thus the old doctrine of Might versus Right will be revived in an age that has more than once boasted of its well nigh complete extermination. The rights of strangers and the liberties of the subject are alike disregarded by the rulers of the aggressive king doms who now trample down justice and ignore mercy altogether. The noble lord in his bold address, declared that all this Schleswig-Holstein scheme has been a " wickedly-laid plan to destroy the liberties of Danmark, and also those of the people of Prussia and Austria. Many may now slight all these remarks and simply regard them as evil prognostications, but the day will come when all these dark predictions will be realised, and the page of history will bear on its record the verifica tion of Lord ELLENBOROUGII'S impressive pro phecy, that the cruelties now so rife in different parts of Europe will bring down a terrible doom on their perpetrators, and that such "flagrant offences - against right and justice cannot go on with out a decided chastisement and retribution. " The final report of the Select Committee upon Dockyard Accommodation, which is now laid before the public in the shape of a Parliamentary paper, will he read with considerable interest. Its sug gestions are worth attention and consideration, although by no means of equal value. The gee s . tion of foreign dock accommodation is rightly re garded by the committee as being of considerable importance. One of the points in which the iron vessels, now so general, bear an irofavcurable com parison to the old wooden walls is the necessity of f -equent cleaning. The case of the Alabama was cited in the House the other night in evidence of this fact, since no iron vessel could have kept at sea without cleaning or repairs for the length of time during which the famous Southern privateer was the terror of the Northern shipping. In any case the necessity of sending our large vessels on foreign stations home for the inevitable cleaning is a loss of time and a great inconvenience ; but in time of war such a course might be attended by most serious results. If the enemy could reckon on the enforced absence of part of our fleet for six or eight weeks, he might take ready advantage of the knowledge, and while England possesses so many dependencies in all parts of the globe it is somewhat ridicule,as that her firstsclass ships must perform a tedious voyage home before they can find a suitable graving dock. According to the established principle of preparation for war being the best security for pease, it is wise not only to increase the number of our ships but to provide for their efficiency in time of need. It is therefore satisfactory to find the com mittee expressing such decided views on the sub ject, and setting aside all timid and hesitating doubts about expense where the honour and safety of the country are concerned, boldly assert that a considerable outlay will be necessary before the re quirements of the public service aro fulfilled. It is especially gratifying that the committee express themselves most decidedly about the Malta dock, which occasioned such an animated disc-, 4 8. sion in the Hcuse last year. Public attention wa s called to the matter, and there could scarcely be two opinions as to the superiority of the French creek over the site selected by the Admiralty. The advantages were indeed so manifest that the very authorities who persisted in continuing the works at the Marsa admitted them, but excused themselves, for such seeming inconsistency on the plea of keep ing faith with the Colonial Government. The com• mittee evade this difficulty by recommending that in the event of a French creek being placed at the disposal of the Government this country should offer to construct a dock at the Marsa for the use of merchant ships. The decisive opinions which were given in this matter by those best qualified, from long acquaintance with the island and cfficial experience, to judge, left the committee no room for a different verdict, still it is satisfactory that they should have pressed themselves so positively as to the : L ce ess it y of altering the mistaken plan hitherto followed. It is also proposed that a dock is ree d. aired at Bermud a ' suitable for the accommodati en of first-class ship s , while at other colonial s'.,ations it is suggested that the method adopted at Hong Kong should be tried, and a reasonable sum advanced to private parties construeting a dock, provided it be of sufficient dim ensi c sas and be at the service of her MAJESTY'S shir e s whenever required—the sum advanced being • in proportion to every foot of depth attained beyond 20 feet and up to 24 feet. It is further thought that such an arrangement might with advantage be made with private firms in this country. This proposal is, however, part of a most extraordinary scheme suggested by the committee which will cer• tainly not commend itself to the good sense or public spirit of the country. Iu consideration of the great expenses which will bo entailed by the necessary enlargements and improvements in our dockyards here and abroad, it is gravely proposed to suppress Deptford, Woolwich, and Pembroke Dockyards altogether; and the money derived from the sale of these valuable sites would, it is thought, go far towards meeting the fresh expenses in curred. That is to say, that the Government is to sell these yards, now in good working order, and to spend the money thus obtained in paying private firms ►o do the work it might have done for itself. We are to build up with one hand and to pull down with the other. While professing to be anxious to secure the best sites for our docks we aro to abandon one of the finest harbours in the world. Wo might as well give up Portsmouth as Pembroke. A harbour like Milford Haven is certainly not easily matched in any European country, and when the Government have such a site at their service, what folly would it be to abandon the advantage and give the benefit of all their outlay to private speculators ? It is just the same principle advocated by Mr. CoBDEN the other evening in another aspect ; but before Woolwich and Deptford aro sold, and the Admi ralty are placed at the mercy of contractors, let the country call to mind the disastrous results which have too often followed from being compelled to depend upon private firms for vessels in time of war. la oideo days the Bristol merchants made fortunes out of Government contracts, and old naval officers can bear witness to the worthlessness of many of their ships. Greenwich pensioners, too, could spin strange yarns about " the forty thieves," " the jack-ass frigates," and the " ten-gun coffins." Modern times are not so much improved if we may take the gunboats built during the Crimean war as a sample. The contract system is essentially one for time of peace, when there is leisure to inspect or reject the goods supplied, but in the hour of danger or emergency the country should be able to depend upon its own resources. We cannot fear, therefore, that so preposterous a scheme will obtain the favour of the country, or secure the sanction of Parliament. The rest of the report recommending the construc tion of a first-class dock in Cork harbour, and im provements at D2vonport and Keyham, in addition to the remarks on our foreign dockyards, shows so much good sense and practical perception of the wants of the service, that we can only marvel that the committee should have been induced to make so extraordinary and extravagant a proposition. B hakspe re Memorial, ---- The following circular has been issued to the subscribers : Sir,—At a meeting of the Executive Committee, held at the Society of Arts, the Right lion. W. F. Ccwper in the chair, a suggestion was received from the Duke of Man cheater (Chairman of Executive), to the effect that a state ment of facts should be laid before the subscribers, and their concurrence invited in a plan by which it is hoped that their wishes may be ultimately carried into effect. The proposal was unanimously adopted. The subscription list now amounts to £2,250; the ex penditure to about £970 ; balance, about £1,280. This balance, it is thought, may be somewhat increased ; not so largely as to justify the Executive in submit ting to the subscribers a costly scheme for a memorial in one of the public parks ; but so far as to secure for London a monument of Shakspere, at least equal in importance to the statues which foreign countries have erected to their national poets. The new Thames Embankment will offer unusual advantages for such works, and a noble and appropriate site may be secured on this road near the Temple Gardens. After much consideration of the matters intrusted to their charge, the Executive aro unanimously of opinion that the subscribers would do well to allow the above balance to be invested, with a view to its iecrease, until the Thames Embankment shall have been built, and ,further steps can be beneficially taken, May we ask the favour of your stating whether you ob ject to this recommendation ? It you concur, you need not take the trouble to write; unless you should think proper to favour the Executive with suggestions for carrying out the common wishes of the subscribers. If you object to the recommendation, we should be glad to receive your com. manila by the first day of August. We have the honour to remain; your cbedient servants, w. HEPWORTH DIXON, } Ron, See,3, J. 0. lII. n n t WELL. C. L. Gruneisen, Esq., F,R.G.S. 120, Pall-mall, July 20, 1864. We have been requested to publish the following reply to the above circular : To tho Hon. Secretaries of the Shalopeare Memorial. Gentlemen,—ln reply to your circular of the 20th, I must protest against any application of the money raised for a grand memorial towards a petty monument, to figure on the Thames Embankment, to be pointed at by the finger of scorn, as the failure of the London Committee to do honr, ur to Shakspeare, r.Jught to be I :io Committ ee no t eon v t e h n i e n a k a t that onee a , to meeting o considerf t t h h e e b s e ti s ) t se c r o i u b : e r s : t 0 be pur sueddeem i ; n b g u i t t i e n xp th ed e i e e v n e t n t t o of in t e h et o t E he xecuti general body of sub scribers, then I beg respectfully to suggest that it would be far better to appropriate t',;.) funds in hand, after audit of the cxpcnditure, to she Dramatic College for the schools. I remain, nntlemen, your obedient seruant, C, L, GRUNEISEN. 16, Surrey.street, Strand, W,C„ London, July 25, 1:864. Improvements in Artificial Light. The eminent Professor Leibeg in one of his learned papers dwells al, considerable length on the importance that would attach to the completion of a lamp, for domestic purposes, which would have the brilliancy of gas without its disagree able qualities, viz., smoke, heat, and noxious vapour. At one time it was thought that object had been attained, by the invention of the " modsrator," and still later on, by that for the consumptirA of parafin ; but the introduc tion of petroleum as 0..il article of commerce has rendered further labours necessary ;o accomplish that which Leibeg desired, The illuminative properties of petroleum have long been acknowledged, but the danger of its consumption has tended in a very great degree to discourage its use. That circumstance, however, has entirely been surmounted in the great improvement that has just been effected by the Messrs. Defries in the construction of a petroleum lamp. The novelty consists in some peculiar arrangement of the burner, by which a beautiful white light of extraordinary brilliancy is attained ; but that which is of the highest im jiortance is, that there is a perfect freedom from heat. The lamp submitted to our inspection gave a fine clear white flame, which burned with such steadiness that the most minute work could be effected w ith the greatest :ease ; tion is perfect. The - enterprising firm have not confined another matter matter ea: their efforts to tl'_ e p ro d uct i on of an article simp l y f or t h e :wily important is, that combus rich, but, fee'..ing the importance of the discovery, they in. tend to ;dace before the public lamps suitable for every class o r person—from the owner of a palace down to the t.anant of a cottage; therefore the material used in the construction of the new lamp is of the most substantial de scription. To effect perfect freedom from danger in the consumption of petroleum is certainly of the utmost im portance, and the well-known standing of the firm will be a sufficient guarantee that all they profess to do may be implicitly relied en. They have hitherto effected many great improvements in the production of artificial light, and their latest effort will heighten the celebrity they have already attained, THE MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday. — The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Syria, Car;eain E, Christian, sailed hence today for Gibral., tar, Y.afta, and Alexandria, with the Bombay mails, a full cargo, and specie and j?,welry, value £119,763 Ss—viz,, for Alexandria—watches, £126. For Bombay bar silver, £96,280; bar gold, £13,000; gold coin, £9,000 ; watches, &c., £1,367 Bs. She takes out 14 first and 27 second class passengers, and eight pro cee d b y th e corr esponding steamer from Marseilles, making a t o t a l o f 49, amo ng whom are Capt. Carden and Capt. G rant h am , f or Gibraltar; Lieut. 11, Austin and the Rev, L, Grantham, for Malta ; Captain Fraser, Captain and Mrs. C, Johnson, for Bombay, &c. The Hamburg-AmericanCompany's screw steamer Saxonia, Capt. N. Trautmann, also left to-day for New York, with German, French, and English mails, 72 saloon, and a full number of steerage passengers, and a large cargo. THE WILLENHALL MURDER.—William Glover, locksmith, surrendered to his bail at the Stafford assizes on Tuesday, on the charge of having stolen from the person of William Lyons, the police cflicer who was murdered on the Bth May, at the township of Willehall, one staff, the property of the county of Stafford. Mr Boughey, who had been engaged for the prosecution, said he did not purpose to take any evidence in the case, as four of the five prisoners who had been indicted on the charge of murder had been sentenced to lengthened terms of imprisonment, and the ends of justice had therefore been secured, The offence with which the accused was charged was prior to the murder, and he was bound to say that the staff did not appear to have been taken with any felonious intention. Mr Justice Shoe said he agreed with the preceding remarks, and instructed the jury to acquit the prisoner. A verdict of not guilty was found and recorded. THE CONDMENED CONYlCT.—Yesterclay Frede. rick Chas. Bricknell, now lying under sentence of death in Newgate for the murder of Jane Geary, at the Lion Tavern, Islington New Cattle Market, was visited in his cell by some of his relatives, with whom he had a fare well interview, in the presence of the gaol officials. The wretched culprit appeared the least moved of anyone pre sent, He does not attempt to palliate his crime, but appears quite willing to pay the forfeit of his life for it. He will take a final farewell of his father on Friday. The exe cution takes place on Monday morning next, in front of th 6 Old Bailey. DREADFUL ACCIDEN T.—On the forenoon of Friday last, between f and 10 o'clock, a dreadful a ccident occurred in No, 2 Distillery, at Port Dundas, belonging to Messrs. M. M`Farlane and C o . It Nppears that a tun, con taining between 8,000 an d 10 , 000 ga llons of wash , heated by steam up to 180 d eg ., b urs t, an d the hot liquid scalded a fireman named Rob er t M'l n ty re , ' 23 years of ale, residing in Forth-street, Port Dundas ; the foreman, named James Maxwell, residing in Stewart-street, Cowcaddens ; and two boys named John Somerville, aged nine years, and David Fife, aged eight years. The sufferers were immediately conveyed to the Infirmary, but the injuries which M'lntyre and the boys had sustained were of such a serious character that they expired, the boy Somerville on Friday aft ernoon, M'lntyre th e same evening, and the boy Fyfe on Saturd a y afternoon. M`lntyre was unm arried. The boy Somerville and his companion, Fyfe) had gone to th e di st il lery with his father's breakfast. Maxwell, the foreman, is seri eusly injured, but hopes aro entertained of his recovery. —Scotsmen. TAX UPON RAILWAY TRAVELLING..—In the finan cial year ending with March, 1864, the tax upon passengers taken by railway in Great Erituin reaelletl £103,62.5. In Ireland the tax is unknown, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. River, 1 1 i 2 n 7 0 : 8 C N e e n w t r al Yorkl2s. Central ,M ich i gan (7a l n 34i-. e ; nt ß ra e l ad l i 3 li f: LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] Michigan Southern, 84 ; Chicago and Rock Island, 109 ; Pittsburg, Fort Wagner, and Chicago, 113 ; PdOlfie Mail, 280. AMERICA. (Per the City of Baltimore.) NEW YORK, JULY 16. Advices from the Army of the Potomac up to the SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 28. The steamer New York, with mails and passen gers from New York, arrived off the Needles at 11,35 a.m. to-day. 4th have been received. Some skirmishing had occurred along the lines, but the general situation of the army remained unchanged. The troops were vigorously engaged in strength ening the works, and heavy siege guns were about to open upon the enemy's position. THE BOMBAY MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, JULY 27. The Maine and Massilia, with the above mails, left here at 4 p.m. this day. The former may be expected at Mar, e . illes about the 2d, and the latter at SouthamP'con about the Bth August. The Salsette, with, the outward mail of 12-18th July, left Suez for Bombay at noon this day. Recent movements of the Confederates indicate ,hat they purpose a demonstration in heavy force against the Federal rear. The Petersburg and Weldon Railroad has been repaired by the Confe. derates, and is now in use by them. The Confederate demonstration against Washing. ton appears to have terminated in a manner justify- ing the belief that no serious purpose of capturing the Federal capital was entertained by the invaders, A Washington despatch states that skirmishing continued all day on the 12th at a distance of from five to seven miles from the city. In the evening the garrison of Fort Stevens made a sally upon the Confederates, who were mcnacing the fort, and drove them back. They left one hundred of their wounded behind, and on the afternoon of the 13th the entire force passed through Rockville, mov ing rapidly towards Edward's Ferry, at which point they crossed the Potomac, it is believed, in full retreat to Richmond. They take with them an immense amount of supplies, including several thousand head of cattle, gathered during the raid. Most of their infantry returns mounted. It is now believed that the strength of the invading force has been greatly exaggerated. No definite idea, how ever, as to their numbers or future intentions can be formed from the reports thus far received. Tbr general belief is that the raiders numbereP from 8,000 to 15,000 men, under the comm.- -.ad of Early and Breckenridge, and that their object was to col lect horses and supplies, tr destroy railroad pro perty, and to menace 1 ' ,faehtngton, with a view to draw away a pot" ;ion. of Grant's force from before Petersburg, thereby affording General Lea an ° PP °rt '..nity to assume the offensive with better elr ..nces of success. it is even rumoured that the Confederates only retired across the Potomac in order to secure a safe transfer of their booty to Richmond, and that they were expecting reinforcements, and would again cross the Potomac on receiving them. A Federal force is said to liave crossed at Edward's Ferry in pursuit, and it is also reported that an expedition under Sheridan has started to check their retreat un`..ii the pursuing column can overtake them. Railway and telegraphic communication between Baltimore and Washington is reestablished. The principal damage sustained by the Phila. delphia and Baltimore Railroad is in the destruc tion of the bridge over Gunpowder Creek, The damage done to the Baltimore and Ohio Road is not stated, but is believed to be quite serious. The large iron bridge over the Monocacy, by reason of its great strength, escaped serious injury. The country through which the raiders passed was en tirely cleared of its live stock and other supplies, and the loss sustained, which falls principally upon Union farmers, amounts to several million dollars. The property of Secessionists was generally re spected. The escape of General Franklin, and his safe arrival at Baltimore, is announced. Gen. Franklin escaped from his guards while they slept in a bivouac near Reicesterstown. He secreted himself in the goods all night, and reached the Union,lines on the following day. The immediate danger to the capital being over, the militia called out for its defend() have been mustered out of service. General Auger now commands at Washington, and is taking precautions to guard against any further demonstration against the city. Nothing further has been heard from the com mands of Hunter or Segel. Advices from General Sherman's army state that after the assault on the Confederate position at Kenesaw Mountain, on the 27th ult., General Sher man, finding that the works could be carried only by a fearful sacrifice of life, resolved to flank them. With this view, M'Pherson's corps was moved, on the night of the Ist of July. tow ar d s Ni cka j ack Creek, on the extreme right. A reconnoisance on the following morning developed the fact that the Confederates had evacuated the position during the night. Sherman immediately moved in pursuit, and on the evening of the 3d, his advance occupied Marietta. About three miles south of the town, the Confederates made a stand behind some hastily , constructed breastworks, from which they were promptly driven by assault. Skirmishing continued between Sherman's advance and Johnston's rear• guard until the sth, when the entire Confederate forces retreated across the Chatahoochie river. It is unofficially stated that the Federals had also crossed the river, and were pushing on after their retreating enemy, whose force had been reduced to less than 50,000 men. Confederate accounts to the 9th state that John ston had fallen back to an impregnable position on the south bank o f the Chatohoochie river, and that his troops were in splendid condition end spirits. A Natchez despatch, which however lacks con .. &motion, states that Johnston had been forced back to Atlanta, and that Sherman's army was ' before the fortifications of that place. Guerillas were active in Sherman's rear, but had effected nothing of serious importance, The Richmon d Examiner stat es t h at a Federal force of 4,0003 occupying Jackson, Mi ss i ss i pp i , was attacked 011 the 7th by the Confederates, under G ener al West Adams, and / th a t t h e F e d era l s were driven w ith severe loss back to Clinton. A Federal fleet of six gunboats and seven trans• ports were at the mouth o f t h e Wh i te R i ver, Ar !causes, on the 11th. Its destination was unknown. The Confederate forces under Price were reported to be moving towards Missouri. Advices from South Carolina state that the Fe derals had captured a battery on the south end of James Island. The position had been entrenched and occupied by a force under General Schemel fenisg, It was believed that this lodgment could be held against any force the Confederates could bring it, and that it would prove of great value in further operations against Charleston. The Federals had been repulsed in a night attack on Fort Johnson, the entire assaulting force of 150 men, under Colonel Iloyt, being made prisoners by the Confederates, FINANCIAL. NEW YORK, July 15, p.m. The money market continues very stringent. Gold closed dull at 2504, a fall of 27 during three days. This decline is attributed entirely to the tightness of the money market. It is said that Secretary Fess^nden has not succeeded in effecting a loan from the banks, and that the immediate re quirements for money by the Government will be met by a further issue of legal tender notes. Exchange is dull at 274 for bankers' bills. The share market is weak. Erie, 113 i Iludon FRANCE. BOURSE, July 27.—Owing to the near approach of the settleraent there has been but little business done, but the market is nevertheless firm, and prices show but slight variation. Threes, for the Account, opened at 66f. 10c., and are now at 66f. 12te. 1110- bilk'. now stands 992 f. 50c. Railway Shares are firm. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 94 35 Italian Loan 6B 05 Do, end month.... Do. end month 6B 05 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 66 05 New Mexican .... 56a Credit Alobilier.... 986 25 Russian - Do. end month.... 985 Austrian Bank Shares 3375 Spanish Threes.... 50 50 Credit Foncier l2OO Home Debt . . 4B 50 Roman — Deferred ~ BA.IL AM. Cash. Ano onnt. Northern Orleans - 8757 5o • ' .. 8 7Z, 75 " Lyons and Mediterranean 890 576 25 New ditto — .. 893 75 Southern Western Eastern ....., .... 510 .. Sardinian. •• • • ***** 475 • • 475 Austri^ • 350 .. 348 75 Lo- -ti - 4 . bard worth of Spain !Saragossa 525 .. 526 25 Ditto to Barcelona The Murder on the North London Railway. LATEST PARTICULARS. The police authorities are still making investigations with a view to the clearing up of various obscure points connected with the robbery and murder of Mr Thomas Briggs on the night of the 9th inst , on the North London Railway, and especially to elicit some evidence corroborative of the state ment made by Mr Thomas Lee, to the effect that he saw two men in the railway carriage with the deceased gentleman, at Bow, on the night in question. One statement, which has not hitherto been made public, is that of another party, who affirms that he also saw Mr Briggs at the same place. He states that Mr Briggs was dozing back in the carriage, and he is positive that there was one man opposite him. He adds, that he thinks there was a second individual in the carriage, but he is not absolutely certain upon the point. It appears very certain that Mr Brigg's murderer did not get into the carriage at Bow station, and therefore the most natural interference is that he got in at Fenchurch-street. It will not have escaped observation that, according to the evidence of Mrs Blyth, the supposed murderer, Francis Muller, was in the habit of coming home regularly at an early hour up to within about a week of the murder, but that during that week he came home late, without giving any explanation of his change of habits. This period was also that during which he had discharged himself from Mr Hodgkinson's employ. Strange to say, no information can be obtained as to his doings during that time. He was not in the habit of travelling by the North Lon don Railway, the Bow and Hackney-wick stations being upwards of a mile distant from the house where he lodged, while The Old Ford omnibus went past his door and that of his employer in Threadneedle-street. He therefore used that conveyance when he wanted one in preference to the railway. By the desire of the coroner and jury, the officials of the North London Railway have caused the line to be measured from [the Bow station to the spot where the body of Mr Briggs was found. It measures essactly three-quarters of a mile, and the distance thence to Hackney-wick station is 800 yards. From Bow to Hackney-wick there is a very cenaiderable incline, as the line passes under the Bow-road, and then through a deep cutting upon the Metropolitan main drainage works at Old Ford, where it passes over the new sewer at a level nearly 24 feet above that of the road. While at this part the trains are shut out from view except to those occupying the houses which fringe the line along Fairfield-road and Park-terrace, on shooting over the sewer the whole of the carriages can, in a manner, be looked into by any one passing along the road from the sewer to the Mitford Castle, Victoria Park; and in crossing Duckett's Canal the train passes over a bridge within a very short distance of that over the road which runs parallel to it, From the Mitiord Castle the left side of the railway is lined with houses, which overlook the interior of the trains as they pass. But even if anything wrong were going on the glance that could be obtained would only be momentary. ln or d er to overcome the resistance of the incline the trains are driven at the utmost speed--,generally at the rate of 30 or 40 miles an hour. Last night the distance from Bow to Hackney wink was run in 2 min. 25 secs. This would leave hardly a space of time of one minute and a quarter for the commis sion of the murder and the casting of the body out of the carriage-door, if the testimony is to be absolutely relied upon that the robbery and murder had not been in progress before the train arrived at Bow. if there is no mistake or misapprehension on the part of Mr Lee, the deceased gen tleman was not asleep—he was quite observant when the train was at the Bow platform—and it is therefore certain that no attack could have been attempted or commenced until Bow had been kit well behind; and this would have still further diminished the time in which the murderer enlist have done his work. A fact which may have an ulterior significance has tran spired. The sons of the deceased gentlemen were in the habit of having their clothes made at the shop in which Francis Muller was employed as a journeyman tailor, and it is not impossible that in this way Muller might have be come acquainted with the fact of Mr Briggs's connexion with a bank in Lombard-street. After the murder the black leather bag which Mr Briggs carried with him was found thrown under the seat of the railway carriage with marks of blood -stained fingers on the lock. The bag had been exa mined by the murderer, who, finding it empty, threw it away from him. It would almost seem as if the bag and what it might naturally be supposed to contain had formed the principal inducement for the perpetration of the crime. It has already been mentioned that a fellow lodger of Muller's had in his possession a life•preserver, which he kept at the head of his bed, and to which Muller could have had access. The weapon was sent yesterday by the authorities to an eminent analytical chemist to be tested far blood and other stains. The result of the examination has not, of course, been made known. DISAGREEABLE SURPRISE.--A miner left S Austell, Cornwall, a few years ago, leaving a home a wife and daughter, with the intention of bettering his condition. He succeeded very well at the diggings, and for some time sent regular supplies of money to his wife. At length he stopped doing so, and the poor woman was obliged to apply for parish relief, which was granted. Being resolved to satisfy herself as to her husband's position, she was enabled, by subscriptions and accepting a situation to take charge of two children to Melbourne, to procure a pas sage to the colony in September last. A letter has been received from her stating that her husband had turned farmer, and was residing about 50 miles from Ballarat. She first saw him in the harvest field, and on being asked if he knew her said he believed he did, and afterwards confessed that he was married to another woman. At the end of two days the Australian wife gave up her claim on the receipt of 4 20 0. The legal wife, who was a very respectable woman, has intimated her intention of refunding what she received from the parish. THz PRECINCT OF THE SAVOY, notwithstanding the decline and fall of the hospital, its chief strno, ture, contained:many commodious houses, and held a busy population. The King's presses were maintained here, and here all proclamations, acts of Parliament, and gazettes were issued. Here, too, the books of the Royal Society, and other contributions to popular and scientific literature, were produced, as we learn from the title page of the Anglia ,Arotitia, now lying before us, which inform us that the work was printed in the Savoy by T. N. for John Martyn, printer to the Royal Society, at the Bell in &Paul's-church yard, in the year 1671. Besides the royal chapel of the Savoy, which was assigned to the parish of St. Mary-le- Strand on the destruction of the old church by the Protec tor of Somerset, there were churches, or congregations, established for the Dutch, High Germans, French, and Lutherans, and also Protestant dissenters. But the chapel of the Savoy alone possessed the privilege of sanctuary, and this circumstance drew into the place the worst cha racters, and often led to serious consequences. Whenever an attempt was made to follow a debtor or other offender into the precinct, the mob assembled and executed summary vengeance, in accordance with the wild customs of the locality. In 1696 a creditor went into the Savoy to demand a debt of one who had taken sanctuary. The population immediately poured out from every nook and corner, seized the unfortunate creditor, tarred and feathered him, and in that condition conveyed him in a wheelbarrow into the Strand and bound him to the maypole, where they left him. Once a Week, A war steamer, apparently an iron-plated ram, carrying the Federal American flag, was seen on Tuesday L after)aeon stowing peat the isle of Wight to the westward. 717,W Corr lirdtzt HER MAJESTY, Her Majesty, accompanied b:-.; 13 '.80Rwr, Ju l y 27. s Prince and Princess Lou; `..., of Hesse and Princess Beatrice, J drove out yesterday, Major -General Seymour was 1 attendance. His P their Royal Highnesses ..oysi Highness the Duke of Cambridge, by ., 'Colonel Clifton, arrived at Osborne from London evening. attended' The Prince and Princess of Wales at Goodwood. Yesterday morning, a t t en m i nu tes to eleven, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, a': tended I,y Captain Grey and Mrs F. Stonor, took their (.1 .aparture from Frogmen: House, and drove to the Windscr station of the South-Western Railway, en route for Good wood, on a visit to the Duke of Richmond, whose gu estg the royal party will remain till to-morrow (Friday), wh en the prince and princess are expected to proceed to Osbor ne. At eleven o'clock precisely the royal train left Wind sor, travelling at a fast pace along the South Western Railw a y' via Staines, Feltham, Richmond, and Putney, t 3 CClaphamJunction, which was reached at 11,33. The South-Western engine was then detached, and a Brighton locomo tive coupled to the special, which was transferred to the cha r g e of Mr Hawkins, the traffic manager of the Brighton an d South Coast Railway. The royal train left Clapham e t 11.45, and proceeded on its route to Chichester, via Be l• ham and Windmill Bridge to Reigate Junction, which vie s made at 12.19 p in. Thence the journey was continued 14 way of Three Bridges and Ford Junction to the Chichester station on the South Coast, where their royal highnebses arrived about 1.30, Their royal highnesses reached 0 0 ° 4 wood about two o'clock. TUE CROWN PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA,—By 1116 Majesty's order, the customary prayers for the safe deliver', of the Crown Princess will be offered up in the churches throughout Prussia from and after August 14 next. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold will lay the first stone of a new infirmary at Bishop's Waltham, 131 Hampshire, on Thursday, August 4. His Royal High o6° Prince Louis of Hesse will probably be present. Their Roy al Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary are expected to leave Cambridge Cottage, ow, about the middle of next month, on a tour. The Duke and Duchess of Athole are expect ed home early in November from North America, where the noble duke is doing duty with the Ist Battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards in Canada. The Earl de Grey will leave town early in the ensuing week for a tour of inspection of the military fortifi• cations on the western coasts. The countess will stay duria the noble earl's absence with the Countess of Ripon t ' t Putney. The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire has arrived of the Portland Hotel, Southsea, from London. The Countess of Dunmore arrived at her residence on Carlton-house-terrace on Tuesday evening from Dun' more Park, near Stirling, N.B. Katherine Dowager Countess of Dundonald ie still at her residence at Neuill y, near Paris. Her ladyeb i P is prevented by severe indisposition from proceeding t ° Vichy, as she intended• Count and Countess de Flahanit have arrived fi t Coventry House, Piccadilly, from Germany. The noble count and countess will shortly leave town on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne at Bowood, and then go to the countess's seat in Scotland for the shootia season. Viscount and Viscountess de Vesci and 1 1 ° 13 ' Misses Vesci will leave their residence on Carlton-hen ce: terrace for their seat in Ireland early in the 0260* week, The Baron de Maui and the Baroness de Ma ui and family have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Germany. Lady Llanover has had several receptions daril, the last week, including two afternoon assemblies , with dancing parties, and one evening dance, all of which were numerously attended. DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM BREItETON, * G.131 AND K.H.—Major-General Sir W. Brereton, of the Royal Horse Artillery, died yesterday at noon, a t the Al bany, Piccadilly. The lamented general, who was v er g ing upon his 78th year, obtained his commission as secon d lieu tenant in May, 1805. He had the honour of servi n g e con ti n uous period of active service, from the early p art of the Peninsular war up t o th e occupa ti on of Paris. The l at e general served in Sp a i n f rom D ecem ber, 1 809 , and was pre sent at the defenc e o f C a di z an d of Fort Matagada , the ar tillery at which l as t- name d Place he commanded , 11° served in the batteries at the siege of San Sebastian—We e present in the battles of Barossa, Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Orthes, and Toulouse. In the campaign in the Netherland s he was present at Quatre Bras and at Waterloo. In addi tion to the principal engagements, he took part in the retreat from Burgos—at San Munos, near Salamanca, Helette, St. Palais, Sauveterre, Aire, and Tarbes. He commanded a division, as second in command of the expedition under Major- General d'Aquiler, which assaulted and took th e f or ts of the Bocca Tigris, in the Canton River, those 0' staked barriers, and of the city of Canton, when 87 9 Pi ece !, of heavy ordnance wore spiked. On the outbreak of th e We' with Russia. he proceeded to the East, and took part in th e war, being on board her Majesty's ship Britannia un der the command of his relation, Vice-Admiral Sir James Dundas, and directed the rockets fired ag ainst the forts ell city of Sebastopol in 1854. For a short period he held tit!, command of the Irish constabulary, and for a time w, commandant of the 4th brigade of the Royal Horse Artoe lery. In 1838 he was made a companion of the Order of Ul f Bath, having the year previously been made a Knight °t the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. In 1801 the ge lletl f officer was nominated a Knight Commander of the Orde Sir the Bath, in recognition of his military servi ces. William had also contributed largely in a literary seia sB „ t ; his military renown by his writings on the improvee l ioh of artillery. The late general held the silver war medal scra. six clasps, and the Crimean medal and clasp for SebasteP' t, Ilia commissions bore date as follows :—Second-lieutenelt.o' May 10. 1805—first lieutenant, June 1 , 18G6--caPti, Sept. 30, 1816—brevet major, Jan. 21, 1819—brev et lieu b colonel, Jan. 10, 1837—lieut.-colonel, Aug. 17, 184.3 4 brevet colonel, Nov. 11, 1851—colonel, Jan. 24, 1.851"-'-' major-general, Dec. 16, 1854. TIIE FIRST ASSIZES IN MANcuESTEI I .. --IlleSB assizes were held under a special commission October, 1694, being the sixth year of the reign of Wi lliam and Mary. Their object was the trial of Lord Dielybeil,:, three baronets, and four gentlemen, of this and „. adjoining county of Cheshire, on charges of had treason, it being alleged against them that the)" D it a " imagined and intended the overthrow of this Gov er- v . ment, and the bringing in of foreign power,•" and that °I A % had accepted several commissions, " leviea' men, prev iuc h , arms,and taken measures when and how to art." Thei r %. s toe took place in the " Sessions House, which tarraerlY in the square opposite the present Exchange." . I ' ll ! Il s e & prisoners were acquitted, the jury charge of a plot was concocted by a man named L•on t ' 11 , 1 1 had been extensively engaged as a Jacobite agent. - a ",, g i -o b believing that '- deal of detailed information respecting these trials iv pup found in the 28th volume of the Chetham Soc iet y 's tions. fe AN AMERICAN ORDER.-- , Gen. Taylor, the van derate commander in Louisiana , re centl y iss'aea Itio order congratulating his men upon their achieva lee s ys ? After giving a catalogue of their spoils, and so forth, I le : j re —" Along 100 miles of his path the flying foe, vvitl i a th an savage barbarity, burned every house and 'ln w ithin his reach. You extinguished the bu ruing rd,P"O,O his base blood, and were nerved afresh to ve,lgeaneo 111.,„cd. cries of women and children left without si leiter or ; of Long will the accursed race remember the great tiverbfri. Texas and Louisiana. The characteristic hue of h i s Yen' waters has a darker tinge from the liberal admi.s.t are° as fat kee blood. The oruel alligator and ravenou s gLtrflsix W ov er on rich food, and our native vulture holds hig h :rev °lrrlwell, many a festering corpse. If the stern valour * l f c ' e u gos' trained infantry was illustrated on the bloody field .S the field and Pleasant Hill , this lon g p ursuit has c , )cere x enon of this army with und y in g renov,2. : o wn , rous hounds with the game in full view. y ou ha• ve nd the neither hanger nor fatigue, and the hoarse c abu °ll ',,,; o rott ° ringing rifle have replaced in this stern chase til ° pot, horn and the joyous h a ll oo. W hether char,inghurlin shoulder to shoulder with our noble infantry'' orthio your s quadrons on the masses of the foe, or 11(st'g ih f os so , i flying columns with more than the tenac it y of the vice° ou have been admirable in all. Conq uer you,' '3'9,ootb° and you can conqusr the world. Our artillery h.'s ", c oat admiration of the army. Boldly ridvancing, with')ll'boriat ag ainst the heavy metal of the hostile fleet; 11; ' ems in often without support, within range of musketry, or , ri ciog ing last on the field to pour grape and caniste r into a" 11 o act columns, our batteries have b een distinguished 1, the proportion as opportunity was afforded. Soldiersoiirorop are great and noble deeds, and they will live tho and in song as long as the Southern r ace exists to n'T c ity of earth. But much remains yet to do. The fair the South languishes in the invader's gra° eesll4„f for fie s ch , sons mourn her fate in every land. The the daughters yet mantle with the blush raised 14 0 , is co lour tyrant's insult; not a Confederate soldier returns t thr ob' fromliug heard this sad and ndVenice tearful of eye e e h S o o w u h amidstb t rrecounts ire u o t, these noble women—angels upon earth —cheer theus,proing finement, and relieved his wants. To viewccd:6l D tb ost . ; h rot m e il b e s r i of these e e f a a f i n dames i s ch w a il p l l ebte of s l o a. l u d ar i ne e ld r s ' .80.1Prtei e lh irtscifoo army marches towards New Orleans , s h a ll Und reach the goal, the hearts of her patriot wonl; S un high with joy, respot sive to the echoes of you I I